40 days, 166, Foshan.Rain rain rain,rain like cats and dogs forced me to stop several times on the road, but I complete my journey anyway.
After check in,I go to a convenience store to top up my phone, because me and the owner don't know how to recharge China Unicom number,both of us spend a long time to recharge. When we thought everything is settle but it turn out the amount still the same after I go back to hotel,so I go back to the store.After an hour we try to fix,finally we realised that we canceled the earlier top up and now must top up again, ha ha.
2010年8月24日 星期二
day39-smooth day
39 days, 189km, Enping. Nothing happened today,smooth journey.
the county of hot spring
nice and tradition Chinese breakfast
the county of hot spring
nice and tradition Chinese breakfast
day38-troublesome day
38 days, 150km, dian bai town. Troubled day.My seat was loose and I found out my bike become so hard to move after I repair my seat.I thought it was because of the wind and uphill,but the truth is my rear brake stuck。When I ride about 100 km,I found a 2/3 missing road sign,and it show that I should go straight,but after 25km I found that the missing 2/3 road sign have a very important message,the direction I go is to expressway,that mean bike is not allowed and I should turn right when I saw the sign just now.So,I must turn back,wrong way for 50km,but my front wheel puncture at the same time,what the.....!
Because running out of time and the next stop still have a long distance, so today I just ride 150km then stop at dian bai town. I disappointed again because there is no place to online…
Because running out of time and the next stop still have a long distance, so today I just ride 150km then stop at dian bai town. I disappointed again because there is no place to online…
day 37-something happen but ok
37 days, 166km,Zhanjiang. Today face some trouble,lost my way again but is ok,settled.Raining on my way but I still reach Zhanjiang.
Found that there are a lot of pirate shop here, I found one of the KFC and McDonald's mix pirate shop,MFC, which is not in selling Western food, but Chinese food.
MFC here
tasteless fried rice and tasteless soup
Found that there are a lot of pirate shop here, I found one of the KFC and McDonald's mix pirate shop,MFC, which is not in selling Western food, but Chinese food.
MFC here
tasteless fried rice and tasteless soup
day 35-wine
35 days, 130km,Hepu.Smooth journey,nothing happen.
By the way,I bought a special local product of GuangXi,Wine Dong Yuan Jia.Pearl,manatee and wine is special product of GuangXi,but I can only afford the wine,so that is what I bought.
By the way,I bought a special local product of GuangXi,Wine Dong Yuan Jia.Pearl,manatee and wine is special product of GuangXi,but I can only afford the wine,so that is what I bought.
day 34-my nationality
day 34,54km, Fangchenggang.Go in China today and found that the immigration of China and Vietnam got a big difference. Air conditioners in China but fans in Vietnam,computer operate in China but man operate in Vietnam,there is an obvious contrast.
Chinese people are very surprise and curios a Malaysian like me can speak Chinese and sometime better than they are because in their mind,we Malaysian can't speak Chinese.Again,if I didn't say that I am Malaysians,people here will take me as a Chinese, and there is also an uncle who asked me come from which part of north China,haha.....
Lock broken,time for my third lock.My lock before become rusty although I have put lubricant.
I thought I can a take advantage to upload my blog since I take a short distance but surprisingly found out that China ban blogspot,sweat.....
bye bye Vietnam
hello China
Chinese people are very surprise and curios a Malaysian like me can speak Chinese and sometime better than they are because in their mind,we Malaysian can't speak Chinese.Again,if I didn't say that I am Malaysians,people here will take me as a Chinese, and there is also an uncle who asked me come from which part of north China,haha.....
Lock broken,time for my third lock.My lock before become rusty although I have put lubricant.
I thought I can a take advantage to upload my blog since I take a short distance but surprisingly found out that China ban blogspot,sweat.....
bye bye Vietnam
hello China
day 32-mud man
day-32, Mong Cai, 175 km. Super hard journey,I have to go through endless mountain roads which is mostly unpaved and there is raining, God! I become a mud man when I reached Mong Cai.......
mud man leg
mud man leg
day 32-What the.......
32 days, Ha Long city, 190 kilometers.Wrong way for almost 60 kilometers today,make a easy journey suddenly become a nightmare journey. At first,my GPS show me a way just only 123 km, but don't know why I entered a small village, and later I realised that I should take the way which is 3 km away from the village. Well, after spent a lot of effort to get back to the way, but when I having my meal after 70 km,the waiter told me that I taken a wrong way and I have to go further.I suprised and immediately check my GPS and I realise the original 123 km changed into 235 km, what the heck? ! Waiter told me to turn around and go for 25 kilometers to go to Ha Long city.
With no choice ,I forced to turn back. When I arrived Ha Long Bay,the day already start to dark, so I cant see the beauty of Ha Long Bay and there is no time to stay here one day,so regret.
harbor to tour Ha Long Bay
With no choice ,I forced to turn back. When I arrived Ha Long Bay,the day already start to dark, so I cant see the beauty of Ha Long Bay and there is no time to stay here one day,so regret.
harbor to tour Ha Long Bay
day 31-bear centre
day 31，ride 70 km north to vinh yen to visit Vietnam Bear Rescue Centre which is establish by Animal Asia Foundation in Tamdao National Park.In order to feel the motorbike empire,I rented a bike.
Riding a motor make me feel like back to the high school time,enjoy riding motorbike with all my friend all day long.When I reach there,nurse Carolyn,bear manager Pernille and education officer Chinh welcome me and took me to tour around the center and make a detailed explanation.
Centre got admin office,raising field,isolation center, medical room, transition center and the education center is under construction. Because of the Vietnamese Government's assistance,bear that been rescued from bear farm in Vietnam will be sent to the center or other animal rescue organizations which near to the bear farm.They also no need to worry about the expense and land problem.
About the fund,they have the Dragon Foundation in Hong Kong which donated 235,000 U.S. dollars.Beside that,AAF long-term fund-raising for the center make it no problem about the fund.
The Centre currently has 58 bear,mostly moon bear and some sun bear.New bear will have medical examination when arrival, if necessary,it will have to do surgery. Bear will be quarantine for 45 days in order to confirm it is not infected.
Because of the bears are solitary animal,they will fight each other if they suddenly live together.But the center did not have enough space for bear to have solitary life,so the centre have to make the bear adapt to social life. This is a very difficult steps,great patience is needed but luckily the centre dint face to much problem compare to China centre.
For safety reasons, I am not allowed have close contact with the bear,so I can only visit the bear from the outside of the cage.Although these bears are young, but they looks bigger and taller than me.
Carolyn told me that because of the hot weather, so the bear are all looked very lazy, most of them hiding in the rearing room to sleep.
Chinh told me that the education center is currently under construction and plans to have education program at the school nearby,in order to let the students learn from early about the importance of caring wild animals.
a beautiful temple i saw on the way.
Riding a motor make me feel like back to the high school time,enjoy riding motorbike with all my friend all day long.When I reach there,nurse Carolyn,bear manager Pernille and education officer Chinh welcome me and took me to tour around the center and make a detailed explanation.
Centre got admin office,raising field,isolation center, medical room, transition center and the education center is under construction. Because of the Vietnamese Government's assistance,bear that been rescued from bear farm in Vietnam will be sent to the center or other animal rescue organizations which near to the bear farm.They also no need to worry about the expense and land problem.
About the fund,they have the Dragon Foundation in Hong Kong which donated 235,000 U.S. dollars.Beside that,AAF long-term fund-raising for the center make it no problem about the fund.
The Centre currently has 58 bear,mostly moon bear and some sun bear.New bear will have medical examination when arrival, if necessary,it will have to do surgery. Bear will be quarantine for 45 days in order to confirm it is not infected.
Because of the bears are solitary animal,they will fight each other if they suddenly live together.But the center did not have enough space for bear to have solitary life,so the centre have to make the bear adapt to social life. This is a very difficult steps,great patience is needed but luckily the centre dint face to much problem compare to China centre.
For safety reasons, I am not allowed have close contact with the bear,so I can only visit the bear from the outside of the cage.Although these bears are young, but they looks bigger and taller than me.
Carolyn told me that because of the hot weather, so the bear are all looked very lazy, most of them hiding in the rearing room to sleep.
Chinh told me that the education center is currently under construction and plans to have education program at the school nearby,in order to let the students learn from early about the importance of caring wild animals.
a beautiful temple i saw on the way.
day 30-Hanoi Fun
I visited Ven Miao (Temple of Literature),also known as Imperial College in Hanoi.It is a typical Chinese architecture and most of the construction finished when 17th century by Dynasty Lye.
the entrance
inside of the temple
There is a plaque given by Emperor Kangxi from China that mean "Eternally Educator "hang at the main hall which is full of Confucius altar."Scholars monument" is one of the temple's selling points.Emperor will erect a monument in the temple after every time of the national test in the past until the year 1779 the last national exam.It is about 110 times.It is to show the emperor's attention on the talent and also a way to encourage the people.There is still 82 monument keep in the temple , each marked the examination time, the inscription of writers,sculptor and name list of scholars .The monument not only got great historical value and also value in art of calligraphy and sculpture arts.
Luckily，I met a wedding group are taking photo in the temple,they are so sweet and wish them happily ever after.
Next station is Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum and this is the final resting place of the great leader of Vietnam.The guard will have a marching ceremony when they change their shift but unfortunately I miss it.There is also a very strict rules on dress and behavior apply and photography is forbidden here.
One Pillar Pagoda was built in 1049 in the Yi Dynasty. There is a legend said that King Lye Tai Zu got no children although married for a long time,until one day the Queen dream a Goddess that hold a baby and stand on a stage in lotus pool.Queen have pregnant soon after the dream.The King built the pagoda in order to appreciate the Goddess.Because of the legend,a lot of people who want a son will go to temple to pray.
Vietnam Military History Museum shows the equip been used or captured from enemy, you can walk all the way to understand the bitterness of the Vietnamese history.Like the other museum,this museum just praise the government and defile the enemy.But beside of that,the museum still got it's value to visit. However, my camera run out of battery when I visit the museum,so I miss a lot of nice picture.
Hoan Kiem Lake is the scenic spot in Hanoi and you can see local people take a walk here, practicing tai chi or engage in other activities. There is a Turtle Tower(Thap Rua)in the middle of the lake.There is also a temple nearby.
There is a lot of legend about Hoan Kiem Lake, but all of them related with how Lye Thai To get sacred sword and use it against the Ming Dynasty (1418-1428 years). When the rule of the Ming dynasty was finally overthrown by Lye Thai To,he then go back to Hoan Kiem Lake and returned the sword to sacred turtle.
Lastly is the water puppet show,a unique traditional folk opera stage.Performers stay behind curtain and manipulating the puppets to performance on the pool surface.There is legendary stories and professional folk band been performed , but because it is Vietnamese, so I don't know what are they talking about.
the entrance
inside of the temple
There is a plaque given by Emperor Kangxi from China that mean "Eternally Educator "hang at the main hall which is full of Confucius altar."Scholars monument" is one of the temple's selling points.Emperor will erect a monument in the temple after every time of the national test in the past until the year 1779 the last national exam.It is about 110 times.It is to show the emperor's attention on the talent and also a way to encourage the people.There is still 82 monument keep in the temple , each marked the examination time, the inscription of writers,sculptor and name list of scholars .The monument not only got great historical value and also value in art of calligraphy and sculpture arts.
Luckily，I met a wedding group are taking photo in the temple,they are so sweet and wish them happily ever after.
Next station is Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum and this is the final resting place of the great leader of Vietnam.The guard will have a marching ceremony when they change their shift but unfortunately I miss it.There is also a very strict rules on dress and behavior apply and photography is forbidden here.
One Pillar Pagoda was built in 1049 in the Yi Dynasty. There is a legend said that King Lye Tai Zu got no children although married for a long time,until one day the Queen dream a Goddess that hold a baby and stand on a stage in lotus pool.Queen have pregnant soon after the dream.The King built the pagoda in order to appreciate the Goddess.Because of the legend,a lot of people who want a son will go to temple to pray.
Vietnam Military History Museum shows the equip been used or captured from enemy, you can walk all the way to understand the bitterness of the Vietnamese history.Like the other museum,this museum just praise the government and defile the enemy.But beside of that,the museum still got it's value to visit. However, my camera run out of battery when I visit the museum,so I miss a lot of nice picture.
Hoan Kiem Lake is the scenic spot in Hanoi and you can see local people take a walk here, practicing tai chi or engage in other activities. There is a Turtle Tower(Thap Rua)in the middle of the lake.There is also a temple nearby.
There is a lot of legend about Hoan Kiem Lake, but all of them related with how Lye Thai To get sacred sword and use it against the Ming Dynasty (1418-1428 years). When the rule of the Ming dynasty was finally overthrown by Lye Thai To,he then go back to Hoan Kiem Lake and returned the sword to sacred turtle.
Lastly is the water puppet show,a unique traditional folk opera stage.Performers stay behind curtain and manipulating the puppets to performance on the pool surface.There is legendary stories and professional folk band been performed , but because it is Vietnamese, so I don't know what are they talking about.
2010年8月2日 星期一
day 29-surpise meet
29 days, Hanoi. Never expect a dramatic meet in foreign country. My previous hotel staff broke my seat but don't wanna be responsible for that, so I am very unhappy, and find other hotels.
Don't know why, I clearly saw a lot of the hotel feel good, complaints, but is there an voice told me don't make a quick decision. I follow this voice and go around in city. Well,at a corner I meet a girl walking on the street with a camera and that caught my eye.Why she is familiar?
Mei Yun?Lee Mei Yun,my friend?OMG,What a surprise!
We shout each other in the street and give each other a warm hug, the people near by also feel happy for us.She travel here with her uncle and surprise to meet me. Later, she invited me to her hotel and stay with her and her uncle (because they accidentally book two different hotels, so they will be moved other hotel next day)
Don't know why, I clearly saw a lot of the hotel feel good, complaints, but is there an voice told me don't make a quick decision. I follow this voice and go around in city. Well,at a corner I meet a girl walking on the street with a camera and that caught my eye.Why she is familiar?
Mei Yun?Lee Mei Yun,my friend?OMG,What a surprise!
We shout each other in the street and give each other a warm hug, the people near by also feel happy for us.She travel here with her uncle and surprise to meet me. Later, she invited me to her hotel and stay with her and her uncle (because they accidentally book two different hotels, so they will be moved other hotel next day)
2010年8月1日 星期日
day 28-change a seat because of you
28 days - still in Hanoi. I found my bike seat been damaged when I was ready to out for breakfast, it been torn off a piece but been "fix" by tape. I realised that this must be "masterpiece" of the hotel staff, so I try to reason with the receptionist .
Well,there is sometime you cant even get what you want although you are right, at least when there is language barrier. I spoke English,he spoke Vietnamese,talking to nothing.In the end I gave up, buy a new seat myself.
So,I have a tour in Hanoi,to find a reliable bike shop, but also to see and feel Hanoi.Life is leisure here,you can always see people having high tea (in fact they are having coffee, Vietnamese just love coffee ) or gambling, you can also see a group of people playing Chinese Chess.
Transport system here is chaotic. Traffic lights here is useless, traffic law is just something not exist, as long as you're not blocking the way, you can drive whatever you like.So you can see a lot of "Superman" here. By the way, motorbike here is insanely crowded like a bee colony.
Finally I saw a bike shop (people here often ride a bike,but they have low concept of maintenance and quality bike).I bought a seat for almost 60 ringgit but the owner is not very good at installing seat.The height and gradient of the seat is just not suitable, so I have to tune it myself.
I am now in a wifi coffee shop that don't have their own network but have to share the next shop network, and even food on the menu also have to order from the restaurant neat by, and the air conditioner is out of function.
I din't say that the cafe is funny or it was bad,so you guy don't think too much,haha
Well,there is sometime you cant even get what you want although you are right, at least when there is language barrier. I spoke English,he spoke Vietnamese,talking to nothing.In the end I gave up, buy a new seat myself.
So,I have a tour in Hanoi,to find a reliable bike shop, but also to see and feel Hanoi.Life is leisure here,you can always see people having high tea (in fact they are having coffee, Vietnamese just love coffee ) or gambling, you can also see a group of people playing Chinese Chess.
Transport system here is chaotic. Traffic lights here is useless, traffic law is just something not exist, as long as you're not blocking the way, you can drive whatever you like.So you can see a lot of "Superman" here. By the way, motorbike here is insanely crowded like a bee colony.
Finally I saw a bike shop (people here often ride a bike,but they have low concept of maintenance and quality bike).I bought a seat for almost 60 ringgit but the owner is not very good at installing seat.The height and gradient of the seat is just not suitable, so I have to tune it myself.
I am now in a wifi coffee shop that don't have their own network but have to share the next shop network, and even food on the menu also have to order from the restaurant neat by, and the air conditioner is out of function.
I din't say that the cafe is funny or it was bad,so you guy don't think too much,haha
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